Sony Hackers Threaten Terroist Attacks at Movie Theaters (vs, employees, medical)

[BentBow]

Alamo Draft House's in Austin & Dallas are to show the Interview on Christmas Day.
Sony to release it and show times are being scheduled.

[HappyTexan]

And now more theaters are coming around and saying they will show this movie.


Some Theaters To Show 'The Interview' On Christmas Day : The Two-Way : NPR

[thefragile]

This is SONY that is doing the limited release, they announced it today.

[BigDGeek]

Nitpicking a little...that Alamo Drafthouse theater that is showing The Interview on 12/25 is not in Dallas. It's in Richardson.

I live less than a mile from it.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by Ih2puo

Well when their theater gets blowed up what will they say then?

Well, obviously it would be their fault, right? BTW, what do you say to women who get raped? Do you accuse them of getting what they deserve for dressing like that?

I like to blame the perpetrator not the victim.

[LargeKingCat]

I am wondering about something.

First, a backwoods, poor country that does not even have the resources to feed it's people three square meals a day, finds out somehow that a movie is being made satirizing their leader. So they somehow hack into the computers of the company producing it and wreck havoc with the info they find, all the while denying the whole thing.

Seems to me, that if I were making a low budget film with little chance of competing against the holiday blockbusters, some serious marketing would be in order. And being on a limited budget, what better way to market it than to stage a hacking crime, blame North Korea for it, get the press to blow it all out of proportion, and then release the film after millions or maybe BILLIONS in free marketing and press ?

First, everyone hears about the film, and second, almost everyone starts wanting to go see it just to **** off the commies.
Just saying.

[MJJersey]

Originally Posted by Ih2puo

Well when their theater gets blowed up what will they say then?

I doubt that will happen. Blowing up theaters isn't really NK's MO.

[BentBow]

Originally Posted by BigDGeek

Nitpicking a little...that Alamo Drafthouse theater that is showing The Interview on 12/25 is not in Dallas. It's in Richardson.

I live less than a mile from it.

Round Rock and Buda are now called Austin, too.
I know what you mean.

Grapevine, Ennis, McKinney, Plano... all called Dallas these days, meaning the greater Dallas area, to get a known location.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by BentBow

I just heard they are going to release it now, on Christmas Day.

A number of theatres will now show it including Harkins in Phoenix. Thanks, Obama, for reminding us of what our values are.

[LargeKingCat]

Wondered if North Korea is innocent after all, and Sony had a hand in their own Hack.

Talk about free publicity for a low budget film. This is approaching the free publicity and marketing that came with Last Temptation of Jesus. If so, then good marketing ploy.